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Beacon Hill is a large neighborhood just Southeast of the I-90 and I-5 junction in South Seattle. Stretching far to the South, there are a number of distinctly different feels depending where you are in Beacon Hill. The North end near I-5 is a business district that has been home to Amazon and a Veteran's hospital, the iconic tower that can be seen from across the city. Beacon Hill becomes significantly more residential as one travels south, with mostly small-to-moderate sized homes and many condos and townhomes. Beacon Hill home prices are fairly affordable for Seattle in general.

If you want to play baseball with your friends in Beacon Hill, visit Maple Wood Playfield at 4801 Corson Ave S in northwestern Beacon Hill. Maple Wood Playfield has baseball fields and a play area with swings & climbing features. Another place to go to play games is in Dearborn Park. It is at 2919 S Brandon St in the north of Dearborn Park International Elementary School. Dearborn Park has a softball field, bike trails, and a play area. Another park with ball fields is named Cleveland Playfield. It is at 5512 13th Ave S near Grover Cleveland STEM High School. Cleveland Playfield has tennis courts, a football field, and handball courts. If you're looking for a forested area with walking trails, check out Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View in 4701 Mountain View Dr. S in the southern Cheasty Boulevard. There's a natural and undeveloped area located in Beacon Hill named Maple School Ravine. It is at 1950 S Graham St in the west of Comet Lodge Cemetery. If you're planning to go swimming with your family, check out Seward Park. It is at 5900 Lake Washington Blvd S in the east of Beacon Hill. Seward Park has walking and hiking trails, picnic areas, a play area for kids, beach access, and a great view of Lake Washington.

The schools you will find in Beacon Hill are Maple Elementary School (Public grades K-5, 206-252-8310, maplees.seattleschools.org) in 4925 Corson Ave S in the south of Maple Wood Playfield, Dearborn Park International School (Public grades K-5, 206-252-6930, seattleschools.org) in 2820 S Orcas St in the south of Dearborn Park, St George School (Private Grades PK, K-8, 206-762-0656, saintgeorgeseattle.org) in 5117 13th Ave S in the north of Saint George Catholic Church, and Grover Cleveland STEM High School (206-252-7800, clevelandhs.seattleschools.org) in 5511 15th Ave S in the east of Cleveland Playfield. And if you're looking for a place to study or read some books, visit the nearest public library named Columbia Branch - The Seattle Public Library. It is at 4721 Rainier Ave S in the south of Rainier Playfield. And if you live in southern Beacon Hill, the nearest public library is NewHolly Branch - The Seattle Public Library (7058 32nd Ave S #104).

In the southwest of Jefferson Playfield, you will find grocery stores near the Beacon Hill Church of the Nazarene. There's Beacon Hill Foods at 4347 15th Ave S, the MacPherson's Fruit & Produce at 4500 15th Ave S, and Abarrotes El Oaxaqueño at 4515 15th Ave S. There are other grocery stores in the south of Cheasty Boulevard like Seattle Super Market at 4801 Beacon Ave S, and Fou Lee Market & Deli in 2050 S Columbian Way. If you're planning to take away some food or dine with your friends and family, you have options to choose from the restaurants available in Beacon Hill. There's Cafetal Quilombo Cafe (Mexican restaurant) at 4343 15th Ave S near Beacon Hill Foods, Breezy Town Pizza in 4864 Beacon Ave S near Lucky Seafood, and Beacon BBQ at 4886 Beacon Ave S near Urban Feed and Garden. Homes in the Beacon Hill area have recently sold for between $245k and $1.79 million. To see today's real estate listings in Beacon Hill, Seattle, please click the link above.

Beacon Hill, Seattle

The Beacon Hill neighborhood is located in South Seattle. Homes for sale in Beacon Hill include foreclosures (bank-owned homes), short sales, new construction, and traditional resale homes. Home styles range from condos to townhomes and single-family homes.

Beacon Hill, Seattle

Beacon Hill is a hill and neighborhood in southeast Seattle, Washington. It is roughly bounded on the west by Interstate 5, on the north by Interstate 90, on the east by Rainier Avenue South, Cheasty Boulevard South, and Martin Luther King Junior Way South, and on the south by the Seattle city boundary. It is part of Seattle's South End.

The neighborhood has a major population of Asian Americans and African Americans and is among the most racially diverse in Seattle. It was formerly home to the world headquarters of Amazon.com (at the Pacific Tower) and present home to the Seattle Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Puget Sound Health Care System.

Geography

Beacon Hill offers views of downtown, the Industrial District, Elliott Bay, First Hill, Rainier Valley, and, when the weather is good, Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains. It is roughly bounded on the west by Interstate 5, on the north by Interstate 90, on the east by Rainier Avenue South, Cheasty Boulevard South, and Martin Luther King Junior Way South, and on the south by the Seattle city boundary. It is part of Seattle's South End.

The municipal government subdivides it into North Beacon Hill, Mid-Beacon Hill, Holly Park, and South Beacon Hill, though most people who live there simply call it "Beacon Hill."

Homes on the northern part of the hill were mostly built in the early 1900s; thus, North Beacon Hill contains many examples of Craftsman bungalows and Seattle box houses, a local variant of the Foursquare style.

Nearby neighborhoods

Columbia City
Downtown Seattle
First Hill
Georgetown
Industrial District (see also SoDo)
International District/Chinatown
Judkins Park
Mount Baker
Rainier Valley
Rainier Beach
SoDo

History and demographics

The Duwamish call the hill "Greenish-Yellow Spine" (Lushootseed: qWátSéécH, pronounced QWAH-tseech), probably referring to the color of the deciduous trees that once grew thickly on the hill. Early settlers named it Holgate and Hanford Hill after two early settlers, John Holgate and Edward Hanford, who settled in the area in the 1850s and are commemorated to this day by South Holgate and Hanford Streets on North Beacon Hill. A later arrival, M. Harwood Young, named the hill after the Beacon Hill in his hometown, Boston, Massachusetts.

The Turner-Koepf House is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Beacon Hill was nicknamed "Boeing Hill" in the 1950s and 60s due to the number of residents who worked in the nearby Boeing airplane factory. The term fell out of use when many Boeing employees joined the general exodus to the suburbs, and Asian immigrants took their place. Today the neighborhood is majority Asian, as can be seen by the many Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipino businesses along Beacon Avenue South. However, the area remains racially diverse, as shown by the United States 2000 Census: 51% Asian, 20% white, 13% black, 9% Hispanic/Latino and 7% other. The census also showed the total Beacon Hill population to be 22,300. Neighboring Rainier Valley also shows a similar diversity.

Landmarks and institutions

Pacific Medical Center (PacMed) located at the northern tip of Beacon Hill. Formerly a marine hospital, the building served as headquarters to Amazon.com for ten years.
Jefferson Park: Golf, lawn bowling, skate park, Beacon Mountain Playground, tennis courts, open space and more. Golf professional Fred Couples was raised in the neighborhood and Jefferson Park was his home course as a teen.
Beacon Food Forest is one of the nation's largest food forest projects and is located on the west side of Jefferson Park.
Comet Lodge Cemetery (1895)
Dr. Jose Rizal Park: views to the west overlooking downtown, Elliott Bay and Olympic Mountains; start of bike path to I-90 bridge, Lake Washington, Mercer Island, Eastgate.
El Centro de la Raza, a civil rights and community service organization, in the former Beacon Hill School built in 1904
Beacon Hill First Baptist Church a historic landmark Tudor Revival building built in 1910, designed by notable architect Ellsworth Storey

Beacon Hill First Baptist Church

The Frank D. Black property a designated landmark with river rock structures built in 1914
Cheasty Greenbelt/Cheasty Boulevard Trail
Beacon Hill Station of Sound Transit Light Rail, located at Beacon Avenue South and South Lander Street
Beacon Hill branch of the Seattle Public Library, reopened in a new building and location in 2005
Beacon Hill International Elementary School, a K-5 school that offers bilingual and diverse programs

Shelter, Taejon Park, east side of Beacon Hill, Seattle. The park is named in honor of Seattle's sister city, Taejon, South Korea.

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